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Community Development, Conservation Agriculture, Simalaha Community Conservancy, TFCAs

Old wisdom, new choices: how communities in Simalaha are restoring land and livelihoods

Restoring degraded land starts with something many thought impossible: hundreds of households agreeing to manage it together. Across Zambia’s Simalaha Community Conservancy, people are restoring rangelands and revitalising livelihoods through collective grazing management. Rather than every household deciding independently where cattle graze, farmers now work through Village Action Groups and Grazing Area Committees to plan […]

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Community Development, Great Limpopo TFCA, In Conversation, Lubombo TFCA, Mozambique, Partnerships, Zinave National Park

In Conversation with Dr. Bartolomeu Soto

Reflecting on over a decade of strategic collaboration: Mozambique’s National Administration for Conservation Areas (ANAC) recently celebrated 15 years of conservation leadership. At the anniversary celebrations in Maputo, Peace Parks Foundation was recognised...

Community, Community Development, Conservation, Great Limpopo TFCA, Kruger National Park

Community leaders help shape landscape governance across Greater Kruger

How do communities become part of systems shaping safety, conservation and decision-making across one of southern Africa’s most complex conservation landscapes? This question brought together 52 community representatives from across the Greater Kruger...

Community, Community Development, Conservation, General, Nyika National Park, SA College for Tourism, Southern African Wildlife College

Powered by players, protecting landscapes

Every protected landscape has a visible story: wildlife returning, communities building resilience, and rivers, forests and grasslands better protected. But behind that visible progress is another story: one of trust, flexible funding and...

Community Development, Great Limpopo TFCA

How connected landscapes are shaping the future of conservation

The Global Affairs Canada-funded Restoring African Rangelands Project Across southern Africa, conservation is increasingly moving beyond fenced parks and into shared landscapes where people, wildlife and livelihoods depend on the same land.  In...

Biodiversity, Community Development, Malawi Zambia TFCA, Nyika National Park, Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve

President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika of The Republic of Malawi appointed Peace Parks Foundation patron 

Patronage strengthens regional cooperation for long-term transboundary landscape stewardship and biodiversity conservation  Peace Parks Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of His Excellency Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi, as patron.  The appointment...

Banhine National Park, Community Development, Conservation, Lower Zambezi - Mana Pools TFCA, Maputo National Park, Nyika National Park, Transboundary Landscapes, Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve

2025: The Year in Review

A Year of Progress I am proud to reflect on a year that has been significantly impactful for Peace Parks Foundation. We made great strides in advancing our unique model of integrated co-management...

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